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wireless router and computer problems please help

lucifer incestus

Posted 15 February 2008 - 02:24 PM

lucifer incestus

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ok so this is my problem...
i bought the linksys wrt150 wireless router so i can go wirelessly with my hp pavillion dv6408nr this notebook has the wireless card if u will built into it so one assumes it will pick up any wireless signals ok so i set up my router with this notebook everthing i guess went fine i can go online but only with the ethernet wire once i take it off it loses connection to the internet but when i try to go wirelessly it wont connect to the linksys signal its giving off it picks it up but says it wnt connect once i plug it back in with the ethernet everything is fine ihave the wireless assistant turned on and everything. when i go to the command prompt and type ipconfig/all it says wlan media state ........ media disconnected i really need answers plz!! thank you.

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Gravity Gripp

Posted 15 February 2008 - 02:57 PM

Gravity Gripp

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While you have the ethernet cable unplugged, go to the network applet in the system tray (where the clock is). You should see an icon with two little computers. Left click once on that icon and a little menu will pop up, in that menu, click "Connect to a network". It should bring up a list of wireless networks avaiable to you. Find yours in the list (probably the one with the strongest signal) and double click on it. If you have any sort of wireless encryption, it will ask you for a key. Enter the key if present, and then hit OK. At this point, you should be connected.